Rate of Medication Errors Resulting in Serious Medical Outcomes Rising
Every 21 seconds someone in the United States calls Poison Control because of a medication error....
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Emergency Medicine
Managing Risk Associated with Contaminated Heater-Cooler Devices Used in Cardiac Surgery
Heater-cooler devices used during cardiothoracic surgeries and other surgical procedures to warm...
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Malaria Drug Protects Fetuses from Zika Infection
Devastating consequences of Zika virus infection are suffered in the womb, where the virus can...
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Making the Case for Suicide Screening in Emergency Departments
According to recent data, the suicide rate in the United States has risen by almost 30% over the...
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Follow-Up & Drug Adherence After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Each year in the United States, about 1 million Americans are hospitalized for acute myocardial...
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Analyzing Emergency Department Mortality Trends
According to the most recent data from the CDC, more than 136 million people visit the emergency...
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Sex Bias in Surgical Research
Throughout the past few decades, studies indicate that the inclusion of women in clinical trials...
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Identifying Elder Abuse in the Emergency Department
It is estimated that 5% to 10% of older adults in the United States suffer from abuse, neglect, or...
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Reducing Opioid-Related Visits
Unintentional overdose involving opioids has become a leading cause of injury-related death in the...
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Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
When medications are ineffective, catheter-based ablation has become a treatment of choice for...
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The Specialists’ Stranglehold on Medicine
Republicans are trying to cut health care spending. But hacking away at Medicaid, weakening...
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TweetChat: Defensive Medicine, Associated Costs & How to Avoid Both
Join us Wednesday, July 12 at 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT for a live, interactive tweetchat with Jeff...
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Cooling Down the Body May Reduce Brain Injury for People in a Coma
Cooling down the body may reduce brain injury for people in a coma after being revived from...
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Traditional Tort Reform Won’t Reduce Healthcare Costs
Tucked into President Trump’s 2018 budget are several provisions to tackle medical malpractice...
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TweetChat: A Look at the Drivers of Increasing Healthcare Costs
Join us Wednesday, June 21 at 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT for a live, interactive tweetchat with Linda...
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The Sound of Safety: Preferences and Perceptions of Music in the Operating Room
Studies have shown that playing music in the operating room (OR) while performing surgery can...
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Cardiac Rehab Benefits Older Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients
Despite national guidelines strongly supporting the use of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in patients...
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Assessing Oral Anticoagulant Prescription for Atrial Fibrillation
The CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores have been developed to help estimate the risk of...
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Outcomes After ED Discharge of the Elderly
According to published research, the elderly have the highest rate of ED use among all adult...
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Treating Older Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
Each year in the United States, about 1 million Americans are hospitalized for acute myocardial...
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